The Wedding Dress Find

This is not what you would expect I will warn you right now! I was shopping last weekend at all the many yard sales going on in our area and I just happened to stumble upon this dress. I saw it and thought, "oh, a wedding dress...how nice." And then it hit me, "hey girl, you wanted to make your own, maybe this is it!" and then I thought, "um, I probably can't afford this thing...besides I'm supposed to be buying stuff for the house...not more clothes..." So, I set the dress back into the pile and continued looking through the clothes. Yes, I know I just said I didn't need to be looking for clothes, but I figured, "hey, it's a yard sale, why not?" Besides, you never know what you'll find!

Well, the lady of the house for this particularly yard sale came over to a table opposite of where I was and I asked her about the dress: "how much were you asking for the wedding dress?" and she said: "oh, all the clothes are .25 cents." I said, "Oh okay, but what about the wedding dress?" she said: "That includes the wedding dress." To which I replied: "Hmm, cool. Thanks! I just might have to get it then!"

Much to everyone's surprise when I walked in the door at home I had this horrid wedding dress. It really is horrid. I don't like it one bit! Especially the tutu thing around the waist. Whoever designs these things has no clue what actually looks good on women! Anyway, I plan to take this whole thing apart and put it together keeping in mind some of my ideas which I shared in this previous post on my dream wedding dress design. If this works out I will be one very happy bride! :)

My Great Mary (grandma, that's what we've called her for years) likes the dress like it is, but everyone does like different things I guess. Here are a few pictures for you. As you can see by my face, I'm not too impressed by the look of the original dress. I bought it for the fabric, and not for the design! If I had been thinking at the time of taking the pics I would have shot a few close ups. Oh well, not that it really matters...you get the general idea here.

P.S. There is no way this thing would fit me as is...it doesn't even zip up on my sister Lyd  who is smaller than me! Yes, refashioning is in the future for this dress!

P.S.S. If you want to see the details about the outfit I'm wearing check out this post! And if you would like to see all the other great finds (and a few more clothes I found which I also plan to refashion) check out this post too!

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